there is a place i want to see
which no man yet has seen
a city built around a tree
where it has always been
where animals feed off the fruits
and no man's dared to step his boots
where flirting sun in sky just smiles and preens
a city built around a tree
which no man yet has seen?
how could a city none could see
be built and always been?
who built it if it wasn't man?
could animals, and if they can
would they also build zoos for you and me?
(C)2012, Christos Rigakos
Oct 10, 2012
Oct 10, 2012 at 12:51 PM UTC
there is a place i want to see
which no man yet has seen
a city built around a tree
where it has always been
where animals feed off the fruits
and no man's dared to step his boots
where flirting sun in sky just smiles and preens
a city built around a tree
which no man yet has seen?
how could a city none could see
be built and always been?
who built it if it wasn't man?
could animals, and if they can
would they also build zoos for you and me?
(C)2012, Christos Rigakos
Two septet stanzas of ABABCCB rhyme scheme which follow the structure of Eros & Psyche, except for the meter of 4-3-4-3-4-4-5.
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